The meaning of Elah (1) in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

e'-la ('elah, "oak" or "terebinth"):

(1) A "duke" or "sheik" (head of a clan, the Revised Version (British and American) "chief") of Edom (Genesis 36:41).

(2) Shimei-ben-Elah, Solomon's commissary in Benjamin (I Kings 4:18 the King James Version).

(3) A son of Caleb the son of Jephunneh (I Chronicles 4:15).

(4) Father of Hoshea, last king of Israel (II Kings 15:30; II Kings 17:1).

(5) A Benjamite, son of Uzzi, one of the chiefs of the tribes when the country was settled (I Chronicles 9:8).

(6) King of Israel. See next article.

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